IMPORTANT UPDATE: The 52nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast has been re-imagined as a three-part, fully online event throughout Spring 2022.
From Resistance to Representation:
Black Women Proving the Dream
The 52nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast
Monday, January 17, 2022 — 9:00am ET
Live, Online-only on Zoom
Keynote Speaker: Annette Gordon-Reed
Historian, Harvard Law Professor, and Author of the New York Times bestseller, On Juneteenth
Guests will also enjoy musical interludes and performances from the Berklee College of Music ensemble.
After outstanding success with our 2021 virtual event, the MLK Memorial Breakfast Committee is producing an inspiring program that will celebrate the past successes and future dreams of Black women that have built and continue to flesh out Dr. King’s vision of the Beloved Community.
Despite plans to host a hybrid event (virtual and in-person at the Boston Convention Center), the recent surge in coronavirus necessitated the move to an online-only gathering. As the “beloved community” we must care for one another.
So we have re-imagined the annual breakfast as a three-part celebration.
Watch a recording of our MLK Day Breakfast (Part 1) and Register for Parts 2 and 3 here:
Part I
MLK Day Online Breakfast
January 17, 9am ET
Part II
Women’s History Month Roundtable
March 24, 6pm ET
Part III
Award Ceremony
April 4th, 6pm ET
Teach-Ins
Moving from Inspiration to Education to Action
- January 26, 4pm — Civic Engagement and Activism
We are re-imagining the annual breakfast as a three-part celebration.
- January 17th (9am) Online Breakfast, featuring keynote speaker, Professor Annette Gordon-Reed, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning On Juneteenth (2021). Boston Globe senior opinion editor Kimberly Atkins Stohr will preside.
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- You’re invited to have your breakfast ready and cameras on! We’ll celebrate the “love feast” – a communal meal shared among the faithful. Please register now in order to receive the Zoom log-in information.
- Breakfast attendees will also enjoy musical interludes and performances from the Berklee Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice and an inspirational rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by “Sweet Lamb,” Lauren Britt.
- March 24th (4-6pm) Women’s History Month Roundtable, celebrating female leadership in the civil rights movement, with a tribute from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren.
- Panelists include Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, U.S. District Attorney Rachael Rollins, State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz, State Representative Liz Miranda, and Councilwoman Julia Mejia.
- April 4th (6-8pm) Award Ceremony, honoring “Drum Majors for Justice” and scholarship recipients. The ceremony will be headlined by U.S. Senator Ed Markey and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy.
- Drum Major Awards will be presented to accomplished women and organizations that empower women, including Sarah Ann Shaw, Judge Margaret Burnham, and Chastity Bowick, Women’s Lunch Place, the Caribbean Foundation of Boston, and the Transgender Emergency Fund of Massachusetts.
- Scholarship Awards will also be presented to students at participating Madison Park, Burke, and O’Bryant high schools, Orchard Gardens K-8 School, and Roxbury Community College.
The MLK Memorial Breakfast, in conjunction with Northeastern University, will also present two interactive, online teach-ins: civic engagement and activism (Wednesday, January 26th) and women in entrepreneurship (Thursday, March 31st).
Sponsors
Lead Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsor
Bronze Sponsors
Supporting Sponsors
St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church
1073 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02120
Tel: (617) 427-6175
Union United Methodist Church
485 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
Tel: (617) 536-0872
